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Ariane 5 to Launch Galileo Constellation February 6, 2012
Jean-Yves Le Gall, chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Didier Faivre, director of the Galileo Program and Navigation-related Activities at the European Space Agency (ESA), signed an agreement February 2 in London to launch satellites in Europe’s Galileo satellite positioning system by Ariane 5...More>>
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SSTL-OHB System Consortium to Build Eight More Galileo FOC Satellites February 3, 2012
European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani announced in London that the consortium led by OHB System AG and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) will build a further eight satellites for the European Union’s Galileo satellite navigation program under the supervision of the European...More>>
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Da Capo: Pardon Me, Boy, Is That the Galileo Choo Choo? February 1, 2012
Our Paris correspondent writes that "The Galileo Train is about to depart, but European GNSS applications incentives are still at the station."More>>
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Czechs Sign Agreement to Host Galileo Headquarters January 31, 2012
The Czech government signed an agrement for Prague to host the headquarters of an ambitious satellite navigation system that is expected to rival the U.S. Global Positioning System.More>>
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GS Press Release Galileo Train January 26, 2012
Our Paris correspondent, Ms. Axelle Pomies, writes that "The Galileo Train is about to depart, but European GNSS applications incentives are still at the station."More>>
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NavSAS Group Acquires, Tracks Second Galileo IOV Satellite January 17, 2012
On January 17, the E1 signal of the Galileo Flight Model 2 satellite (FM2, also known as GSAT0102) was successfully acquired and tracked by the researchers of the Navigation, Signal Analysis and Simulation (NavSAS) group (Politecnico di Torino / Istituto Superiore Mario Boella) for the first time...More>>
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Second Galileo IOV Satellite Transmitting Signals January 16, 2012
On Monday, 16 January, at about 02:18 UTC, the second of the two Galileo In-Orbit Validation (IOV) satellites, FM2 (Flight Model 2) also known as GSAT0102, started transmitting navigation signals on the L1/E1 frequency using the E12 ranging code, according to tracking reports from the COoperative...More>>
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First Galileo IOV Satellite Producing Full Spectrum of Signals January 3, 2012
Europe’s first Galileo satellite appears to be functioning as expected, transmitting test signals received by the European Space Agency’s ground station in Redu, Belgium, across the whole of its assigned radio spectrum, ESA reports. The first two Galileo satellites were launched by Soyuz from...More>>
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GMV Tracks the First Galileo IOV Satellite December 21, 2011
GMV, one of the world’s leading companies in satellite navigation systems, announced the tracking of both data and pilot channels of Galileo first satellite signal with its own line of GNSS receiver products. The first two Galileo satellites were launched from Kouru Spaceport in French Guiana on...More>>
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GNSS Constellation Updates December 20, 2011
The following updates to GNSS constellations is provided by the CANSPACE Listserv. Included are updates on GPS, GLONASS, Beidou-2/Compass, and SDMA.More>>
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